On the deep rot underlying no-platforming; reactionaries against reaction. Also explains why Vox's sudden interest in Effective Altruism will be the death of the latter.
http://jmrphy.net/blog/2017/05/15/psychology-of-prohibiting-outside-thinkers/ … by @jmrphy
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Because EA is being developed and pursued largely by people outside of academia and the consensus-building industry, and Vox is an enforcer for the consensus. They work to destroy what they don't control.
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The term 'recuperation' comes to mind, although it's not quite harsh enough to describe what Vox does, which mixes appropriation and assassination of other people's ideas with straightforward 'here's what to think about X' indoctrination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuperation_(politics) …
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.